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A beam is a structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting against bending. The bending force induced into the material of the beam as a result of the external loads, own weight, span and external reactions to these loads
is called a bending moment. Beams are characterized by their profile (shape of cross-section), their length, and their material.
Beams are traditionally descriptions of building or civil engineering structural elements, but smaller structures such as truck or automobile frames, machine frames, and other mechanical or structural systems contain beam structures that are designed and analyzed in a similar fashion.
An I-beam, also known as H-beam, W-beam (for “wide flange”), Universal Beam (UB), Rolled Steel Joist (RSJ), or double-T(especially in Polish, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian and German), is a beam with an I or H-shaped cross-section. The horizontal elements of the “I” are known as flanges, while the vertical element is termed the “web”. I-beams are usually made of structural steel and are used in construction and civil engineering.
The web resists shear forces, while the flanges resist most of the bending moment experienced by the beam. Beam theory shows that the I-shaped section is a very efficient form for carrying both bending and shear loads in the plane of the web. On the other hand, the cross-section has a reduced capacity in the transverse direction, and is also inefficient in carrying torsion, for which hollow structural sections are often preferred.
H-beam is a structural beam made of rolled steel. It is incredibly strong. It gets its name because it looks like a capital H over its cross section. The H-beam has wider flanges than an I-beam, but the I-beam has tapered edges. The width is the flange, and the height is the Web. The difference between both H-beams and I-beams is the flange by web ratio. The H-beam tends to be heavier than the I-beam, and that is why some say that it is better than the I-beam, but that is subjective, as the H-beam is generally heavier.
I-beam has tapered edges where an H-beam does not. It gets its name from the fact that it looks like a capital I when you see it from its cross section. With an I-beam, the height of the cross section is higher than the width of its flange. The I-beam is lighter than the H-beam, which means a H-beam is not always ideal.
HEB BEAMS, EUROPEAN STANDARD WIDE FLANGE H BEAMS, DIMENSIONS, SPECIFICATIONS. HE B BEAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FORMER STANDARD EURONORM 53-62
Current table represents European standard wide flange H steel beams specifications. HEB section specifications, properties, dimensions. HEB beam manufactured according to standards :
- DIN 1025
- Euronorm 53-62 (Dimension)
- EN 10034: 1993 (Tolerance)
- EN 10163-3, C (Surface)
- STN 42 5550
- ČSN 42 5550
- TDP: STN 42 0135
Identification Nominal weight 1mNominal dimensionsCross-sectionDimensions for detailing
SurfacebhstrAh1dØpminpmaxALAGkg/mmmcm2mmmmmmm2/mm2/mHEB 100 20,41001006101226,08056M1056580,56727,76HEB 120 26,71201206,5111234,09874M1260680,68625,71HEB 140 33,71401407121243,011692M1666760,80523,88HEB 160 42,61601608131554,3134104M2080840,91821,56HEB 180 51,21801808,5141565,3152122M2488921,03720,25HEB 200 61,32002009151878,1170134M271001001,15118,78HEB 220 71,52202209,5161891,0188152M271001181,27017,77HEB 240 83,2240240101721106,0206164M271081381,38416,63HEB 260 932602601017,524118,4225177M271141581,49916,12HEB 280 10328028010,51824131,4244196M271141781,61815,69HEB 300 117300300111927149,1262208M271201981,73214,80HEB 320 12730032011,520,527161,3279225M271221981,77113,98HEB 340 1343003401221,527170,9297243M271221981,81013,49HEB 360 14230036012,522,527180,6315261M271221981,84913,04HEB 400 15530040013,52427197,8352298M271241981,92712,41HEB 450 171300450142627218,0398344M271241982,02611,84HEB 500 18730050014,52827238,6444390M271241982,12511,34HEB 550 199300550152927254,1492438M271241982,22411,15HEB 600 21230060015,53027270,0540486M271261982,32310,96HEB 650 225300650163127286,3588534M271261982,42210,77HEB 700 241300700173227306,4636582M271261982,52010,48HEB 800 26230080017,53330334,2734674M271341982,71310,34HEB 900 29130090018,53530371,3830770M271341982,9119,99HEB 1000 3143001000193630400,0928868M271341983,1109,905Identification Section properties, static datastrong axis x-x
weak axis y-y
IxWel.xWpl.xixAvySxIyWel.yWpl.yiySsItIwcm4cm3cm3cmcm2cm3cm4cm3cm3cmmmcm4cmHEB 100 449,589,91104,24,169,0452,1167,333,4551,422,5340,069,253,38HEB 120 864,4144,1165,25,0410,9682,6317,552,9280,973,0642,5613,849,41HEB 140 1509215,6245,45,9313,08123549,778,52119,83,5845,0620,0622,48HEB 160 2492311,5354,06,7817,59177889,2111,2170,04,0551,5731,2447,94HEB 180 3831425,7481,47,6620,242411363151,4231,04,5754,0742,1693,75HEB 200 5696569,6642,58,5424,833212003200,3304,85,0760,0959,28171,1HEB 220 8091735,5827,09,4327,924142843258,5393,95,5962,5976,57295,4HEB 240 11260938,3105310,3133,235273923326,9498,46,0868,60102,7486,9HEB 260 149201148128311,2237,596415135395,0602,26,5873,12123,8753,7HEB 280 192701376153412,1141,097676595471,0717,67,0974,62143,71130HEB 300 251701678186912,9947,439348563570,9870,17,5880,63185,01688HEB 320 308201926214913,8251,7710709239615,9939,17,5784,13225,12069HEB 340 366602156240814,6556,0912009690646,0985,77,5386,63257,22454HEB 360 431902400268315,4660,60134010140676,110327,4989,13292,52883HEB 400 576802884323217,0869,98162010820721,311047,4093,13355,73817HEB 450 798903551398219,1479,66199011720781,411987,3397,63440,55258HEB 500 107004287481521,1989,82241012620841,612927,27102,1538,47018HEB 550 1367004971559123,20100,1280013080871,813417,17104,6600,38856HEB 600 1710005701642525,17110,8321013530902,013917,08107,1667,210970HEB 650 2106006480732027,12122,0366013980932,314416,99109,6739,213360HEB 700 2569007340832728,96137,1416014440962,714956,87112,6830,916060HEB 800 35910089771023032,78161,8511014900993,615536,68118,6946,021840HEB 900 494100109801258036,48188,8629015820105016586,53123,6113729460HEB 1000 644700128901486040,15212,5743016280108517166,38126,1125437640HEM BEAMS, EUROPEAN STANDARD WIDE FLANGE H BEAMS DIMENSIONS, SPECIFICATIONS. HE M BEAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FORMER STANDARD EURONORM 53-62
Current table represents European standard wide flange H steel beams specifications. HEM section specifications, properties, dimensions. HE M beam manufactured according to standards :
- DIN 1025
- Euronorm 53-62 (Dimension)
- EN 10034: 1993 (Tolerance)
- EN 10163-3, C (Surface)
- STN 42 5550
- ČSN 42 5550
- TDP: STN 42 0135
IdentificationNominal weight 1mNominal dimensionsCross-sectionDimensions for detailing
SurfacebhstrAh1dØpminpmaxALAGkg/mmmcm2mmmmmmm2/mm2/mHEM 10041,810612012201253,28056M 1062640,61914,82HEM 12052,112614012,5211266,49874M 1266740,73814,16HEM 14063,214616013221280,611692M 1672820,85713,56HEM 16076,216618014231597,1134104M 2086900,97012,74HEM 18088,918620014,52415113,3152122M 2494981,08912,25HEM 200103206220152518131,3170134M 271061061,20311,67HEM 22011722624015,52618149,4188152M271081241,32211,27HEM 240157248270183221199,6206164M 271161461,4609,318HEM 2601722682901832,524219,6225177M 271221661,5759,133HEM 28018928831018,53324240,2244196M 271221861,6948,984HEM 300238310340213927303,1262208M 271322081,8327,699HEM 320246309359214027312,0279225M 271322041,8667,616HEM 340248309377214027315,8297243M 271322041,9027,670HEM 360250308395214027318,8315261M 271322041,9347,730HEM 400256307432214027325,8352298M 271322022,0047,835HEM 450263307478214027335,4398344M 271322022,0967,959HEM 500270306524214027344,3444390M 271322022,1848,079HEM 550278306572214027354,4492438M 271322022,2808,195HEM 600285305620214027363,7540486M 271322002,3728,308HEM 650293305668214027373,7588534M 271322002,4688,411HEM 700301304716214027383,0636582M 271322002,5608,513HEM 800317303814214030404,3734674M 271381982,7468,655HEM 900333302910214030423,6830770M 271381982,9348,824HEM 10003493021008214030444,2928868M 271381983,1308,978Identification Section properties, static datastrong axis x-x
weak axis y-y
IxWel.xWpl.xixAvyIyWel.yWpl.yiySsItIwcm4cm3cm3cmcm2cm4cm3cm3cmmmcm4cmHEM 100 1143190,4235,84,6318,04399,275,31116,32,7466,0668,219,93HEM 120 2018288,2350,65,5121,15702,8111,6171,63,2568,5691,6624,79HEM 140 3291411,4493,86,3924,461144156,8240,53,7771,06120,054,33HEM 160 5098566,5674,67,2530,811759211,9325,54,2677,57162,4108,1HEM 180 7483748,3883,48,1334,652580277,4425,24,7780,07203,3199,3HEM 200 10640967,411359,0041,033651354,5543,25,2786,09259,4346,3HEM 220 14600121714199,8945,315012443,5678,65,7988,59315,3572,7HEM 240 242901799211711,0360,078153657,510066,39106,6627,91152HEM 260 313102159252411,9466,8910450779,711926,90111,1719,01728HEM 280 395502551296612,8372,0313160914,113977,40112,6807,32520HEM 300 592003482407813,9890,5319400125219138,00130,614084386HEM 320 681303796443514,7894,8519710127619517,95132,615015004HEM 340 763704052471815,5598,6319710127619537,90132,615065584HEM 360 848704297498916,32102,419520126819427,83132,615076137HEM 400 1041004820557117,88110,219340126019347,70132,615157410HEM 450 1315005501633119,80119,819340126019397,59132,615299251HEM 500 1619006180709421,69129,519150125219327,46132,6153911190HEM 550 1980006923793323,64139,619160125219377,35132,6155413520HEM 600 2374007660877225,55149,718980124419307,22132,6156415910HEM 650 2817008433965727,45159,718980124519367,13132,6157918650HEM 700 32930091981054029,32169,818800124019297,01132,6158921400HEM 800 442600108701249033,09194,318630123019306,79136,1164627780HEM 900 570400125401444036,70214,418450122019296,60136,1167134750HEM 1000 722300143301657040,32235,018460122219406,45136,1170143020IPE BEAMS. EUROPEAN STANDARD UNIVERSAL I BEAMS (I SECTION) WITH PARALLEL FLANGES. DIMENSIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, ACCORDANCE WITH FORMER STANDARD EU 19-57
Current table represents European standard I sections, IPE beams with parallel flange, specifications, properties, dimensions. Manufactured according to standards :
- DIN 1025
- Euronorm 19-57 (Dimension)
- EN 10034: 1993 (Tolerances)
- EN 10163-3, C (Surface conditions)
- STN 42 5550
- ČSN 42 5550
- TDP: STN 42 0135
Identification Nominal weight 1mNominal dimensions Cross-section Dimensions for detailing Surfacekg/mmm A h1 dØpminpmaxALAGb h t1 t2 R1 cm2 mm mmmmmmm2/mm2/mIPE 80 6,046 80 3,8 5,2 5,0 7,64 69,6 59,6–––0,32854,64IPE 100 8,155 100 4,1 5,7 7,0 10,30 88,6 74,6–––0,40049,33IPE 120 10,464 120 4,4 6,3 7,0 13,20 107,4 93,4–––0,47545,82IPE 140 12,973 140 4,7 6,9 7,0 16,40 126,2 112,2–––0,55142,70IPE 160 15,882 160 5,0 7,4 9,0 20,10 145,2 127,2–––0,62339,47IPE 180 18,891 180 5,3 8,0 9,0 23,90 164,0 146,0M1048480,69837,13IPE 200 22,4100 200 5,6 8,5 12,0 28,50 183,0 159,0M1054580,76834,36IPE 220 26,2110 220 5,9 9,2 12,0 33,40 201,6 177,6M1260620,84832,36IPE 240 30,7120 240 6,2 9,8 15,0 39,10 220,4 190,4M1266680,92230,02IPE 270 36,1135 270 6,6 10,2 15,0 45,90 249,6 219,6M1672721,04128,86IPE 300 42,2150 300 7,1 10,7 15,0 53,80 278,6 248,6M1672861,16027,46IPE 330 49,1160 330 7,5 11,5 18,0 62,60 307,0 271,0M1678961,25425,52IPE 360 57,1170 360 8,0 12,7 18,0 72,70 334,6 298,6M2288881,35323,70IPE 400 66,3180 400 8,6 13,5 21,0 84,50 373,0 331,0M2296981,46722,12IPE 450 77,6190 450 9,4 14,6 21,0 98,82 420,8 378,8M241001021,60520,69IPE 500 90,7200 500 10,2 16,0 21,0 115,50 468,0 426,0M241021121,74419,23IPE 550 106,0210 550 11,1 17,2 24,0 134,40 515,6 467,6M241101221,87717,78IPE 600 122,0220 600 12,0 19,0 24,0 156,00 562,0 514,0M271161182,01516,45Identification Section properties, Static data strong axis x-x weak axis y-y Ix Wel.x Wpl.xix AvySx Iy Wel.y Wpl.yiySsIt Iwcm4 cm3 cm3cm cm2cm3 cm4 cm3 cm3cmmmcm4 IPE 80 80,1 20,0 23,23,24 3,5812 8,49 3,69 5,81,0520,10,70 0,12IPE 100 171 34,2 39,44,07 5,0820 15,9 5,79 9,21,2423,71,20 0,35IPE 120 318 53,0 60,74,90 6,3130 27,7 8,65 13,61,4525,21,74 0,89IPE 140 541 77,3 88,35,74 7,6444,9 44,9 12,3 19,31,6526,72,45 1,98IPE 160 869 109,0 124,06,58 9,6662 68,3 16,7 26,11,8430,33,60 3,96IPE 180 1317 146,0 166,07,42 11,3083 101,0 22,2 34,62,0531,84,79 7,43IPE 200 1943 194,0 221,08,26 14,00110 142,0 28,5 44,62,2436,76,98 13,00IPE 220 2772 252,0 285,09,11 15,90143 205,0 37,3 58,12,4838,49,07 22,70IPE 240 3892 324,0 367,09,97 19,10183 284,0 47,3 73,92,6943,412,90 37,40IPE 270 5790 429,0 484,011,20 22,10242 420,0 62,2 97,03,0244,615,90 70,60IPE 300 8356 557,0 628,012,50 25,70314 604,0 80,5 125,03,3546,120,10 126,00IPE 330 11770 713,0 804,013,70 30,80402 788,0 98,5 154,03,5551,628,20 199,00IPE 360 16270 904,0 1019,015,00 35,10510 1043,0 123,0 191,03,7954,537,30 314,00IPE 400 23130 1160,0 1307,016,60 42,70654 1318,0 146,0 229,03,9560,251,10 490,00IPE 450 33740 1500,0 1702,018,48 50,901676,0 176,4 276,04,1263,266,90 791,00IPE 500 48200 1930,0 2194,020,43 59,902142,0 214,2 336,04,3166,889,30 1249,00IPE 550 67120 2440,0 2787,022,40 72,302668,0 254,1 401,04,4573,6123,00 1884,00IPE 600 92080 3070,0 3512,024,30 83,83387,0 307,9 486,04,6678,1165,00 2846,00IPN (INP) BEAMS. EUROPEAN STANDARD UNIVERSAL STEEL I BEAMS (IPN SECTION) FLANGE SLOPE 14 %. PROPERTIES, DIMENSIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, DIN 1025-1: 1995
Current table represents European standard I sections, IPN (INP) beams flange slope 14%, specifications, properties, dimensions. Manufactured according to standards :
- DIN 1025-1: 1995
- EN 10024: 1995 (Tolerances)
- EN 10163-3: 2004 (Surface conditions)
- STN 42 5550
- ČTN 42 5550
- TDP: STN 42 0135
IdentificationNominal weight 1mNominal dimensionsCross-sectionDimensions for detailingSurfacebhstR1R2AdØpminpmaxALAGkg/mmmcm2mmmmm2/mm2/mIPN 80 5,9442803,95,93,92,37,5759,0–––0,30451,09IPN 100 8,34501004,56,84,52,710,675,7–––0,37044,47IPN 120 11,1581205,17,75,13,114,292,4–––0,43939,38IPN 140 14,3661405,78,65,73,418,2109,1–––0,50234,94IPN 160 17,9741606,39,56,33,822,8125,8–––0,57532,13IPN 180 21,9821806,910,46,94,127,9142,4–––0,64029,22IPN 200 26,2902007,511,37,54,533,4159,1–––0,70927,04IPN 220 31,1982208,112,28,14,939,5175,8M1050560,77524,99IPN 240 36,21062408,713,18,75,246,1192,5M1054600,84423,32IPN 260 41,91132609,414,19,45,653,3208,9M1262620,90621,65IPN 280 47,911928010,115,210,16,161,0225,1M1268680,96620,17IPN 300 54,212530010,816,210,86,569,0241,6M1270741,0319,02IPN 320 61,013132011,517,311,56,977,7257,9M1270801,0917,87IPN 340 68,013734012,218,312,27,386,7274,3M1278861,1516,90IPN 360 76,114336013,019,513,07,897,0290,0M1278921,2115,89IPN 380 84,014938013,720,513,78,2107,0306,7M1684861,2715,12IPN 400 92,415540014,421,614,48,6118,0322,9M1686921,3314,36IPN 450 11517045016,224,316,29,7147,0363,6M16921061,4812,83IPN 500 14118550018,027,018,010,8179,0404,3M201021101,6311,60IPN 550 16620055019,030,019,011,9212,0445,6M221121181,8010,80IPN 600 19921560021,632,421,613,0254,0485,8M241261281,929,89Identification Section properties, static datastrong axis x-x
weak axis y-y
IxWel.xWpl.xixAvyIyWel.yWpl.yiySsItIwcm4cm3cm3cmcm2cm4cm3cm3cmmmcm4cmIPN 80 77,819,522,83,203,416,293,005,000,9121,60,870,09IPN 100 171,034,239,84,014,8512,24,888,101,0725,01,600,27IPN 120 328,054,763,64,816,6321,57,4112,41,2328,42,710,69IPN 140 573,081,995,45,618,6535,210,717,91,4031,84,321,54IPN 160 9351171366,4010,8354,714,824,91,5535,26,573,14IPN 180 14501611877,2013,3581,319,833,21,7138,69,585,92IPN 200 21402142508,0016,0311726,043,51,8742,013,510,5IPN 220 30602783248,8019,0616233,155,72,0245,418,617,8IPN 240 42503544129,5922,3322141,770,02,2048,925,028,7IPN 260 574044251410,4026,0828851,085,92,3252,633,544,1IPN 280 759054263211,130,1836461,21032,4556,444,264,6IPN 300 980065376211,934,5845172,21212,5660,156,891,8IPN 320 1251078291412,739,2655584,71432,6763,972,5129,0IPN 340 15700923108013,544,2767498,41662,8067,690,4176IPN 360 196101090127614,249,958181141942,9071,8115240IPN 380 240101260148215,055,559751312213,0275,4141319IPN 400 292101460171415,761,6911601492533,1379,3170420IPN 450 458502040240017,777,7917302033453,4388,9267791IPN 500 687402750324019,695,6024802684563,7298,54021400IPN 550 991803610424021,6111,334903495924,02107,35442390IPN 600 1390004630545223,4138,046704347524,3117,67873814